Garment-clasp.



No. 678,668. Patented July l6, IQOI.

S. KATE.

GARMENT QLASP.

(Application am m 4, 1901.)

(In; Model.)

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SAMUEL KATZ, OF DES MOINES, lOlVA.

GARWI ENT CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 678,668, dated July 16, 1901.

Application filed May 4, 1901. Serial No. 58,774. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KATZ, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Garment-Clasp, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for clasping or grasping the edge of a garment mechanically and is designed for use in conjunction with suspenders, garment-supporters, and thelike.

My invention'consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan or face view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the complete device, showing the same closed. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the complete device, showing the same open, with the suspendingloop omitted.

In the construction of the device as shown the numerals 1O 11 designate mating springarms of a clasp-body formed of a single piece of spring metal by stamping. The clasp-body is doubledupon itself at its center, and the mating spring-arms thereof are pressed into cont-iguity with each other. At the point of doubling the clasp-body there is formed an eye or swell 12, shaped and arranged to receive a loop 13. The loop 13 is formed of a single length of wire with parallel sides and rounded end portions, and one of the parallel sides of said loop is pivotally mounted in the eye 12 at the center of the clasp-body. The outer parallel side of the loop 13 is reserved for attachment to a web or strap (not shown) or other suitablesupporting device now common and well known in garment-supporters,

Throughout the major portion of its length each of the arms 10 ll of the clasp-body is of uniform width, with parallel edges; but the eye portion 18 is slightly Wider than either of the arms, and ears 14 15 are formed on and extend laterally from said arms, at the outer ends of the parallel edges thereof.

A slide-clamp 16, made of sheet metal doubled upon itself, is mounted slidingly on and incloses the spring-arms 10 11 of the claspbody. The slide-clamp 16 is made to fit sn uglyagainst the edges and faces of the springarms, but is of materiallyless width than the length of the uniform portions of the arms and in sliding thereon is limited at the rear by the eye portion 12 and at the front by the ears14 15. The forward extremities of the arms 10 11 are rounded, and an aperture 17 is formed in the arm 10, between the forward eX- tremity thereof and the transverse plane of the ears 14. A stud 18 is fixed to and projects from the inner face of the spring-arm 11 in registration with the aperture 17. The stud 18 may be secured by solder or any other desired fastening to the spring-arm 11. The stud 18 is conical and formed with a rounded apex-and is of such length that when the spring-arms are drawn together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by a forward movement of the slide-clamp 16 it will project through the aperture 17. A tongue 19 is formed by striking in a portion of the spring-arm 10 at the rear of the aperture 17, and a hole is formed in the spring-arm 11 directly opposite the aperture made by forming said tongue. The tongue l9is of such length that when the springarms are separated, as shown in Fig. 3, it will extend across the opening between the apex of the stud l8 and the inner face of the spring-arm 10 and serve as an abutment to receive and restrict further movement of the edge of a garment or fabric introduced between said stud and arm. When a fabric has been introduced between the stud and the inner face of the arm 10 and stopped by contact with the tongue 19, the slide clamp 16 is moved outwardly manually, and

in so moving draws together or approximates the spring-arms 1O 11 and presses the stud through the aperture 17. In passing through the aperture 17 the stud 18 carries a portion of the fabric or garment within and through said aperture and binds the same firmly and strongly against the margin of the aperture. The degree of passage of the stud through the aperture 17 is determined by the thickness of the fabric engaged there-- by. If the fabric be thin, the stud will travel until the spring-arms are separated by a relatively thin space; but if the fabric be thick the stud will enter and traverse the aperture a distance sufficient only firmly to bind and IOC hold the fabric in contact with the margin of said aperture. By rounding the apex of the stud 18 I provide against penetration, tearing, and damage of the fabric or garment engaged thereby,and by forming said stud conically and of material length I insure sufficient frictional engagement between the stud and the fabric engaged thereby. In the provision of the eye portion 12 and the employment of the loop 13 therein I avoid cutting, weakening, or destroying the resiliency of the clasp-body and yet arrange for the attachment of said clasp-body to a supporter.

I claim as my invention 1. The garment-clasp, comprising a claspbody made of spring metal doubled upon itself to form an eye and having its arms of approximately equal length and width and extended from the eye in contiguity with each other, one of the spring-arms of the claspbody being formed with an aperture near its extremity, a stud on the opposite spring-arm arranged for traversing said aperture, which stud is of conical form with a rounded apex, ears on and projecting laterally from the forward portions of the springarms, a clamp slidingly mounted on the spring-arms between the ears and the eye and arranged to compress said arms in a forward movement of the clamp, and a tongue formed on one of the spring-arms and extended toward the other arm, an aperture being provided in said other arm to receive the tongue when the arms are brought together.

2. The garment-clasp, comprising a claspbody made of spring metal doubled upon itself to form an eye and having its arms of approximately equal length and width and extended from the eye in contiguity with each other, one of the spring-arms of the claspbody being formed with an aperture near its extremity, a stud on the opposite spring-arm arranged for traversing said aperture, which stud is of conical form with a rounded apex, ears on and projecting laterally from the forward portions of the spring-arms, a clamp slidingly mounted on the spring-arms between the ears and the eye and arranged to compress said arms in a forward movement of the clamp, and atongue formed on one of the spring-arms and extended toward the other arm, an aperture being provided in said other arm to receive the tongue when the arms are brought together, together with a loop made of wire and having parallel sides and rounded end portions, one of the parallel sides of the loop being confined pivotally in the eye of the clasp-body.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this 1st day of May, 1901.

SAMUEL KATZ.

WVitnesses:

S. 0. SWEET, HARRY KATZl 

